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      there some Protestant , more zealous than the test , has gone into the doctrinal part of the q uestion , and denounced , with sturdy and jtfunt energy , what he considered the obnoxious tenets of the Papal Church . But as a -whole the battle has been fought purely on the civil gnd political ground , and -we trust that , in More , if the strife is to continue , it -will be so . The Metropolitan municipality and the ^ heads of the "Universities had audience of the SoTORBJGX on Tuesday last , to present addresses on the subject . They vrho expected Jhat the replies to these addresses would give

      any diBtmct or aeciaett enunciation of the policy of those who prepared them , -were , as might be expected , very much disappointed , lord John has been rated so severel y for speaking out in Ms letter , that he has taken refuge in the usual courtly and vague verbiage with which Ministers are wont to hide their meaning from the public . He has had time 2 o calmly calculate the forces for and against a rigorous policy when the Session opens ; and , it would appear , tbat he is by no means certain ef the result ; if we judge from the measured language he has put into the mouth of the

      Sovereign , the only approach to plain speaking was made in tlie reply to the "Universities , in which the Queen was made to say , "that while it was her wish that all classes of her lubjecte should enjoy the free exercise of their reljg io * , they might rely on her determination to uphold alike , the rights of my Crown and the independence of my people , against all aggressions and encroachments of any foreign power . " ^ "he question is , has there been any " aggression ? " Cardiial Wisemait and the

      Catholics deny It . They earnestly deprecate the idea of aiming -at anything like interference in the dignities or temporalities of the established church , or in any way assuming power over any one but those who voluntarily aciriowlcdge'fceir spiritual authority . As the measure is now explained by the Cardinal , it means simply that Roman Catholic bishops have replaced RomanCatholic vicars apostolic , that the change is confined to the members of their own church alone , and interferes with ncftody and nothing else .

      But , if this was all , why make such a fuss about it in the first instance ? Such a small znalter as that need sot have been heralded by vuch an astounding flourish of trumpets as that ""from within the Hamineum CJate of Boms , " nor accompanied , by what did undoubtedly look Hke an assertion of the renesiabiishnient of Papal authority over tie whole ofthis country , his protestations in the face

      of the ¦ unequalled commotion that'document lias excited among all parties , aad all classes , Trill , we fear , not avail him . A strict and 'searching investigation of the whole subject must take place next Session , and whatever may be the individual feeling of ministers , or members , some measure to protecfr&he country against even the appearance of the resumption of Basal rule will « be demanded .

      It is important , that in seeking this objeot , sot tho * lightrst infrJEgemect should be made upon the religious freedom of the members of the Eoman Catholic Church . We have , happily , < deriag the last twenty years admitted them to an equality with ourselves in all civil rights , and we must sacredly -guard these lights from being meddled with . Bat ^ if it appears "that tie prelates of that portion of &e Chxach termed " ^ tramontane , " are-cot contectrvTith equality , feat axe really insidiously seeking the supremacy , then for the-sake of the Roman Catholic laity themselves , it will he necessary to pat a-decided barrier in -the tray of . such attempts .

      It will , however , ' be-a difacuft and'trying case . -It is scarely possible to introduce any measure on the subject which wiEnot produce a-geoeral excitement , < sad adverss movement in Ireland . That has teen , and continues to !) € > the great . difficnlty of -every English ttnktrj . Isord John ' s Administration has teen mainly dependent upon the support of Irish Members for the- support of dts destructive policy . Any attempt , either to take away the titles and the precedence already ^ enjoyed "byiRomaa CathoJic Prelates in Ireland , or to ferbid their assumption , in this country , would I © followed by the defection of the great body cf'their Irish supporters

      It is not at all improbable , therefore ,-ihat Mx . JDlSSiSLl and his party may taks advantage of the embrgho to oust the Wfcjgs from office , in- « rbich case a general election would immediately follow . We are , apparently , on the eve of " important events , and it is . more than . ever jieeessaTy that the Charisst body should fee organised , and ready for action . > On that point with reference to the much debated question of the Manchost-er CWerecss , are fihalli 3 ve . o few observatioas next week .

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      EQUCE SPY ejSTEM . j The meeting on Thursday ought shows ffcat -ipe gross -and shameful abuse of the pfeUce force is not to . contmne . Mr . Waklex , as oee Of the representatives of Finsbury , did h » duty by presiding at that mestiBg , as we have no doubt lie . will in Parliament , when an opportunity is afforded him of drawing atten-Sion to the subject . But it is truly lamentable to witneBstbe apathy of the upper and jniddle elasseswhen the most infamous and

      , tyrannous conduct is pursued toward * the Cfewiifits . Had such a conrge been taken iawfcrds any other party , as that of sending spies in disguise to . ifteir public meetings , the -whole Press mould have long ago nm with alarm . at the danger to . public liberty , and the valualife rights of pabJlc meeting which it involved . With the exception of the M&rnmg Advertiser * however , not . one of the daily paper * soloed the case , though it was one which . evidently demanded the reprobation of that pjkrhtv ooxer which professes to watch over thepublic interests , and to -protect them from

      jnjfiry The remark of Mr . G ' -Cqxkok at the meeting , that it was owing to their own dm-Sons the peqple were thus faampled upon ikd abused , gav * thewhole pithofifce matter . U-is that which makes them po ^ erkss either in pJimsnt o ? tlie Press . It ifi that ^ hich Sad ^ r W . 4 HI ^ Y talk of an appeal to the terfi a forlc ^ hope . While they contindisunited

      ue _ , -ffhich every day starts vplo enslave them deeper . The enmsed Bench ^ iB be as inaccessible to their cry fox justice as the benches in t&e House of Commons , filled by partisans , vio imagine they have an interest in crushing Chartism , and dealing polities ! liberty to the

      toUiBg masses . The most immediately-practical enggestion bearing upon the spetial case in hand was that of the Cbaibmajt . It would at least place on the records of the House the fact , that this system of police espoinage was deliteratelv earried out , under the cognisance of £ e authorities : and the remonstrauceBofthe Metropolitan parishes wuld , no doubt , add Sne height to those of the hon . Members for TfiaJbnrY . We have eeen select committees appointed to investigate far less serious mat-^ 7 ana had Mr . D ^ Combe been m h 18 k

      nanal health and vigour , ve nave uu uUU «« e Zr-mWbaie prosecuted the inquiry to as suc-W Lj issue as he did those connected ^ STh * Mil&ank Penitentiary , and the Hulka W icb . Both of these neets of corrup-** SI te . and abuse , were cleansed by £° ' « S . landing the whole power of the % > " ^' vas brought to thwart Mm ; and ^ Sf ^ nmissioner ^ in like manner , 5 beiaadei * feel *¦**«» * ** & * . * ^ I ^^ W ^ A

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      police goyemment . Mr . Waklev wiU perform a good work if he does thi 8 . . _ We say in , conclusion , however , that tha Government ^ which connives at such dastardly and unconstitutional courses , is guilty of treason against the constitution , and are the active promoters of dissensions between the diiferent classes of society , which may exercise the aiost deadly influence on the future destiny of this country . How can it be otherwise ^

      than that hatred and alienation should grow up between the rulers and the ruled , when the latter find the former basely and cruelly endeavonring to entrap them into police-hatched conspiracies , in order that they may be doomed to the felon ' s fate , for attempting to gain the political rights , guaranteed to them by the spirit , if not the letter , of the English constitution ? From that gnilt the Whig Ministry is not free , and they may yet have to experience the retribution that ever "waits on evil doing .

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      O'CONNOR DEFENCE FUND . The response to our appeal has so far been of a gratifying nature . The letters received at this office prove iliat Mr . O'Connor ' s position has excited sincere and wide-spread sy inpathy , and that witn proper arrangements , that sympathy will-show itself in deeds « onanienscrate with the « ccasion > System and organisation , however , are necessary in such cases ; and , jas this is one which especially demands prompt exertion , it has been considered advisable to issue a circular containing the facts briefly stated , together with directioas -as to the course to be pursued in the various localities , "

      The circular is so brief , and so much to the purpose , that we-subjoin it , 'merely adding our earnest request , that ifs suggestions maybe immediately-acted upon , throughout the length and breadth of the country . " Northern Star" O&ce , London . By the recent -decision of the Court of Queen ' s Bench in the case of O'Connor v . Bradshaw , F . XD ^ Connor , Esa . ., M . P ., haB been saddled with the costs of two protracted and expensive aofions at lew . A Select Committee of the Hoase of Commons , after the 'most ample investigatioa into the affairs of '" The ISIational Land Com

      pany , " prosoaneed its proceedings to hafre been conducted throughout "• # ona-j ? ffe , ' -and added , that the personal character of Mr . O'Connor , in relation to it , waB unimpeachable and unimpeached . In the face of this Beport , Mr . Bradshaw , ( the Editor of a Tory journal published -at Nottingham ) , accused Mr . O'Coneor of ; personal dishonesty in relation to the Company , An action for Libel was immediately commenced , whiclr terminated in the Jury retaining a verdict -grossly inconsistent with itself and with the facts , nameiy , " that the libeller was justified in hischarges , but that there was no ground whatever for any personal imputa : tion on Mr . O'Connor's honesty' !"

      The Judge , in summing up , -acted tbe ; part of a hestile-partizan , aad misled the-Jury into giving a verdict , which threw tae entire costs of the action upon Mr . O'Consor . Thst gentleman tried the question again , by moving for a new trial ic the . Queen ' s Bench . The case was re-argued at . great expense , but , as the " Times" expressly-stuteB , the Judges " shirked'' the merits of the case in a " cowardl y" manner , and refosed aMiewirial on quibbles—again -subjecting Mr ; O'Connor to all the costs . Ttiis is but the last of a series of proceedings , all ef -which indicate a deiermination on the

      partK ) fj Government , and the law- authorities , to deny justice to Mr , O'Connor , and to refuse him-either redress'for wrong ' done , or protection against injury . The object is to " ruin him > rrith expeaees , " as advised by Lord Melbourne years ago . He has-spent bis life and fortune in the-eatise of the people , and has never ¦ travelled a mile nor eaten a meal at their expoase . All who sympathise with an honest but an oppressed man , are called upea to come forward liberally , and contribute to sustain him in this unequal contest .

      It is regnested that you will immediately take steps to form a Committee in your town , to canvass for Subscriptions . It ^ would be advisable to divide it into small districts , to appoint a > colJector to each , touumounce that the Subscriptions will be collected •< simultaneously on a given day , thus show , by one general ana * hearty effort , that tbe . people will not allow itheir advocate and ehampion to be victimised by Legal'Frauds and Governmental Chicanery . Upon application ^ o this oface , . collecting boots , and es&ry . information that may ie necessary , will be forthwith supplied ¦ , to all who are desirous . ef . assisting in this ^ good

      work . It is reconnnended-ibat a per centage on the amount collected be allowed -to all who sndertake that duty ; ^ tbe amouEt of such per centage to . be fixed by the local ( Committee . . The funds should be -remitted immediately ( per Post OfiBee Order , ' ) to Mr . William Elder , 36 , Great Windmill-street , Haymaiket , with a liut < of Subscribers ; and a due and ^ ill acknowledgement will appear in . the " Northern Star " -each Saturday . A * A long pull , a strong pull , and a fsill altogether' —jiow or n « ver . ; Wuhah EiKEa .

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      MONIES B £ GEIVED F 4 B .- SB * TObbk Ehbjho Thbbbwt , Dbcembbb 12 xh , 1850 . TOB THS THE IONESTT FUHD . Received by W / Sjdeh .-J . Coots , Jhiacliffe Colliery M BinoiDghaniH- ^ Taree Friends , TunAbDg-hin , Bradford , £ 3 Kte « n Ktfa-W . Hall , BMBpool 63- / - ^ , Su-ena , neaTSnrnley ls-D . lewis , Kerthjr Tjdnl 2 s 6 d _ T . Davis , BirchaJs ,-Mear Walsall ls-J . sl ^ ieT | , » . ^ J 5-tree 3 d-Gl Bowfien , Freetown , Gloswp ls 6 a-Shefi 5 eld , per G . Cavffl 21 14 s M-J . Frost , Gaieaborongh , near Kofeeriamfid-J . and TST . Gee . LougliboroHgh « 3 ^ .. land , iongliioroagh Is Gi-VL . Minns , and W . S ., Bradford , YoAsiire 5 ^ -W . Jones , Sjn-yr-heol , Keatb U-BBTnAj perS . ioweSs Gfl-W . 5 sflB ., StoiArooaJSrmt a-fciimsworiu

      J ) asdF ,, Ckfincesterls- « A JJaid-xip ShareJioWfcT , ls _ A Jew Friends , Lovghhoioagh , per T . Clarjte l * s 3 d-A Few Fiends , Staljtoid e 3 s-J . JEales , Brosdhst , near Exeter 9 d ^ J . HaU , Bilstoa ^ fc-T . Z ., Sowerby 18 s-Bradford ( Yorkshire ) , Collected in the Demorcatus Scbqot-room 19 slJd-W . l '^ el ] . Bradford 2 s . 6 d-r-Stock ^ rt , Six Land Members ^ s ^ Staly br idge CbartHte , per W . E 31 21-E . Elias , Mooincnti Is-J . Cloud , ^ onmouii Is—Ap OW Baikal and J . ^ codnal ] , Leeds ? s-J . T . Banburyfid-J ^ Sdr ^ l 1 rA ^ t » | a wStanS iW Department B . jsni B . Railway riadels--Lan * Members , Newcastle , perM . JudeM 2 s 8 a ^^ i n ^ r bnrr-E > . CJa . rk . Draper Ss-T Troaghton l * Smith oames

      Fr ^ Sontbanipton-J . Is-B . x * -o < |^ A sfates 3 ffi ^^ STvettlI 6 s 8 d--Mr leiC € BWr m __^ StearsCd-JK ^ pSwsajSKBBJr "' * -SiJSSJsasSiJhBSft ss ? "" - Becdvedby W . Bider . lj 13 5 Heccivedat LandOffice " " ' Heceived by John Arnott . » Total J 112- l ^ H ^^^^^ " "

      WmBIHG-UP OF THE 1 ANB COMPANY . Received by W . Rideb .-J . Smith , Bridport 6 d-C . Presley , Fra ? erhurglilB 2 d _ J . w . andH . Walsh , Birfflipg hamlf -Messra . £ dkin » . Kesbrook , and Hancock , Luddington is —Salford . perT . TomldnBon los—Messrs . DawEen , T . Dawson-, ii'Arthnr , and Robinson , AlloaSs-W . Hall , Hartlepool 6 d-J . L-B . ls _ S . T . 6 ., Campsie 2 s 6 d-J . Saville , Leedii Is _ J . Roe , WorUej ig _ j . j ) 8 anj j ^^ __ q ., ChisWIck lg—31 . Fart , Chiswick 1 b—D . LewiB , MerthyrTjdvil 5 s—From CothiU Mill , near Aberdeen—M . Foster Is—A . Barclay is—T . DaTis , Birchills , near Walsal Is—T . Bennett , Walsall 38-J . ShrieTe , Braintree Is-Sheffield , per G . Cawlie « & 3—3 . p ,, Derby Ji-t-K . W ., Bradbury , Hotofirth 26-J , Fmtf . ereasborougb , near Rflfterham Ji =-

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      SightjtseVen Memberg , Barnsley , per J . Lowe 213 s 6 d—J . liddleton , Ashford 1 b—A . Doxey , Ashford Is—J . Andrews , freeBbrook Is—G . Davis , Cirencester 6 d—A Paid-up Shareholder , Bmsworth . is — J . Millward , Rising Sun , BueHngbam , ' Kent 5 £ -From Ricarton , near Kilmarnock —J . Fullerton , Miner Is—J . Fullerton ; Block Printer Is—Leigb , per J . Howartb 14 s—J . Hall , BilstonSs—Y . Z ., Sowerby 10 s—From Stookport—Six Members 5 s 6 d—Six fembers 3 s—J . Grimshaw Cd-J . Arronswith 6 d—Shef . ield , per G . Cavill is 6 d—Oldham , per J . Lord 1 ! Us—New Stvindon , ptr H . Hornsby ISsT-From' Berry EdgeP nearShptlsy Bridge—J . Thompson , Is—J . Pattison 1 » 6 d —Land Members , Exeter , per H . Fink 11 s—G . Cable , Cnelrasford 6 d—E . Clark , Draper , Dewgbury I 0 ? --D « von J ) Ort , per J . B . 5 s—Skegby and Sutton-in-Ashfield Mem . bars , per 6 . Kendall 8 s 6 d—Leicester , per T . Newton ? s—-R . e B . 9 . 5 s—Nottingbam , per J . Sweet 7 s 9 d—Mr . Digory GordR . RomEey lE-rMr . Leicester 2 p—From Brooktireei , Holbora—J . Gulleford 6 d—H . Gulleford Cd—VT . Stears fid—Bury , per J . Jonea 26—Mr . J . GYleBtBen . Gd—Mr . J . Gyles , jun . 6 d—D . Crawford Is . Received at Land Office . —D . H . London 21113 . ReeelveclbyMr .-Rider .. 13 15 5 Received at Land Office ., 2 15 0 Tatal * £ 16 10 , 5 FOR THE HUNGARIAN AND POLISH REFUGEES . Received by Wv Rideb . —Two Young Chartist Socialists , sainburgb ? B---Clayton , near Bradford , per D . Watson 7 s € d—From Sbrwich , per C . Springhalt— Queen's-head , St . OilCSls Td-Jolly Qardner » ed—Escter , per H . Find 3 s—Ashtonnnder-Lyne , Part Proceeds of Rehersal , per J . Taylor lllis Cd—Nottingham , per J . Sweet 3 s—Paisley , Chartist Association , entered as for Honesty Fundin last week's Star W .. Received by Jom » Abnott . —A Pew Chartists , PafirtiaiB , per B . Pilling 3 s—Somers Town , per W . Turner 18 id . The 16 s acknowledged last week for the Poles , by mistake was stated as beingfrom Bradford , whereas it should have Deen Halifax . FOR MACNAMARA ' S ACTION . Received by W . Riras . —Nottingham , per J . Sweet 6 d . AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . Received by John Abnott . —Mr . Truelcve fid—A Friend , Oxioid-streKtGd—Mr . . Martin Tavdebigg ed—Two Linconshire Democrats -2 s—Paisley , per P . Cameroo 9 s . TRACT FUND . Received by John AnsoTT . —Beveriey , per T . Drury 2 s-AFriend , ( ix * yrd-street , Gd—Mr . . J . Hughes 6 d . FOR UQUtSATING THE DEBT DUE TO THE TREASURER OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION Received , by Johh Abhott . —Greenwich and Bentford , perA . Cocper 5 s . , ' GENERAL LEVY . ReceiTCd by W . Ridhi . —SaKord , per T . Tomkinson Sb .

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      NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OP •;" . _ . UNITED TBADES , - T & . Ddhcombb , Esq ., M . P ., President . Established 1845 ,. ; . ' . - ¦ . ... '' JOSHUA . " Ml ' s ?^ ®' pO 5 sil 5 le for the working ' classes , by com-Dining among themselvas , to raise , or keepup the general rate of wages , it need- harflly be said that this would be a tning not to be punished , but to be welcomed and rejoiced ar ' - ¦ Stoasx Mibl , The disgust , created in wading through auch a larago of blatant egotism and laboured per vertion of tacts , as is presented in Mr . Perrys pamphlet , is occasionally relieved bj some glaring absurdity

      . Justice Midas , aitting in judgment upon the vocal abilities of Pasi and Apollo , is not more exquisitively satirical than Perry , the maker of tin pots ana pepper boxes , discoursing upon the comparative legal attainments of Mr . "Willes , a Chancery barrister , and Mr . Robinson , a solicitor and conveyancer of more than thirty years' standing . We present our readers with one sample . Mr . iMDUMon , in the following short extract from his ju igment , what Mr . Perry having invited , now repudiates , Bnd seems to think , that in questions arising between ' workmen and their ' employers equity and justice are considerations as essential for a sound judgment , as legal quibbles and technicalities . He says : —

      > \ But , speaking now for myself , I do not admit the legal error attributed to me . It may be presumptuous in me to give any opinion of mine contrary to that of Mr . Willes—one of the most learned of men in the more abstruse departments of law of which the profession can boast—but justice is as much regulated by the business , customs , and feelings of life , as by dry and dusty pleadings , and I do not see the difference between us . " To these temperate and unassuming remarks Mr . Perry has the excessive bad taste to offer some most absurd impertinences . Quote Perry : — " I apprehend I cannot b » mistaken in supposing that ttae sentences are designed to suggest the in-. ' ereiroe that Mr . Wiltes ' authority , in this instance ,

      at least , is not entitled to greater weight than your own , because , -forsooth , k is a mere' dry and dusty pleader , * whilst you are endowed with superior knowledge of the business , customs ; and feelings of life , ' and a superior aptitude for applying this knowledge . "You certainly may be endowed with an extraordinary amount of knowledge of business ' and ' customs' disconnected with your profession ; and you may have infinitely more of Mackenzie ' s ' Man of Eeeling' than Mackintosh ' s man of law about you ; but I must confess that 1 am not a little astonished to find a lawyer contending that the members of the profession are more liable to fail into 'legal errov' from being ' learned' in tho law—even to its most ' abstruse

      departments « -taan from consulting the' business , customs , and feelings of life ! ' I am willing , however , to rescue you from the dilemma in which you have placed yourself on these ipoints , by supposing ; that you meant to convey , by the above passage , that the branch of legal pjactice to which Mr . Willcs' eminent abilities are more particularly devoted is that of ' equity' cases ; whilst the point at issue is ono of' common -law' merely . But even this does not enable me to ; perceive the justice of the comparison between yourself and Mr-. Willes . I have always understood that your practice consisted of conveyancing rather than common-law ; and at all events you will not , 1 think , deny that the gentleman who holds the office of legal

      adviser to the local magistracy—the 'Magistrates ' Gierk , —lias had infinitely more experience in mere common-law practice than yourself- ; and . you are well aware that this gentleman concurs with Mr . 'WiHes in charging you with ' legal 'error' in the matter , inasmuch as he had very properly reasoned-the point with you in open court . " Upon this rubbish • we have but > one remark to make , The refereneo to that learned luminary—M the-magistrate's clerk "—is a "fine sample of pathos in prose . We-will just let our readers into the secret , of Mr . Perry ' s profound admiration of that gentleman ' s extraordinary legal attainments . Mr . 'Bolton ( we believe that is the name ) , - was employed by Mr . Perry , professionally to draw up one of these forms of agreement . Mr ,. Bolton also , for a consideration , is the legal monitor to the lecal magistracy—many of whom , we'believe , are profoundly deficient in that commodity . Indeed we ¦ ¦ &

      never heard that legal knowledge was ¦¦ necessary qualification for the-great unpaid , Mr , Parry , therefore , as in the case of Haines , brings a complaint- 'which he -knew would'entirely turO'Upon the legal-construction , to-be placed upon an ^ agfeement , before a bench of his own-personal friends—with some of whom he had extensive commercial dealing ? , and , fortunately , entirely innocent of any legal acquirements , to have , the law of the case decided judicially , by his ^ own- attorney , who , having performed that duty , > procceded , we suppose , tcdraw oufc ' . the warrant of committment , in which , with all his common-law practice and experience , ho . contrived to insert such an egregious , ungramatical blunder as , in the opinion of Mr . Archibald , rendered it null and void as a legal instrument ; and , as we are further advised ; gives to Haines a ground of action for false imprisonment against the parties concerned in his most unjust incarceration .

      -We shall not unnecessarily occupy . the space awarded us in the -Star , by further examples of this man ' s disgusting impertinence to a magistrate and-gentleman ; nor shallwo-wastea single word in complaints of the abuse so plentifully showered upon ihe London delegates , -. All this was . to be expected from such a £ uarter . 'The best proof that w « can offer of the soundness and equity of Mr . Robinson ' s judgment as to : Perry ' s liability to pay the standard wages of the town—that is

      thetbookto the men even whom he holds under ihese agreements , js , that this last week he shrunk from having that point tried before the stipendiary and other magictrates ,. upon the merits , arid sneaked out of court , behind a dirty legal f quibble , and then advisfidf , perhap 3 , by the magistrate ' s clerk , recognised the late mayor ' s judgment ; ,- > by paying to ' Haines and iliav / ley their demanijS- for work they had performed , ; those demands being the Book prices , which ; is thus established not only de jure but de facto .

      Itremamstoheseen whether themen , -who arenow under ^ . these bonds , will bo such agges as to continue the recipients of the priceB Mr . Perry has been paying , as he says ( most untruly ) , for the last eight years . If they do , they well and fully merit to be ground down to the dust , and -to be chained to Perry ' a . chariot wheela for the residue of their miserable , existence . We have performed our mission . The Bookia established for eveTy tinman in Wolverhampton who has the courage or honesty to demand it . We shall . only extract two more passages , whioh we think their importance justifies us in presenting ' to our members .

      "In your . concluding remarks you declare that you have ' no sympathy with Chartistsand Trades ' Unions , andjao idea that wages can be settled by such associations or such means . ' Why , then , have you lent assistance to such men , such unions , and such means ? Why have you countenanced or recognised the . 5 rst , given an impetus to the efforts of the second , and added a new ingredient to the third ? Eor , in . my instance , you have deoidedly done all this . You have done more , indeed , than the Chartist dokgates of the Trades' Union had asked of you , or ; than through their own means they could hope to accomplish . You have struck a gratuitous blow (\ t tho only safeguard against their machinations I possessed . You were assured ,

      by me , that I desired nothing but protection against interference with my hired servantsagainst attempts to induce violations of existing contracts between me and my men and you were aesurad , by the delegates , that they did not seek to interfere with these contracts j yet , in the very teeth . of these assurances , you did precisely what both parties had protested it waa their wish should not be done : you attacked the contracts and sought to invalidate them , or ( which is tho same thing in effect ) to give them a construction which conceded all the opposing party are contending for and I am rcsisting ^ -viz ., prices of theirown fixing . In words you assured me of aid , whilst , in effect , you gave aid to my assailants . Your fiat amounted to neither more nor less than this : and it mmhfc have laved

      you a great deal of trouble had you thus briefly worded it-. — "You , Messrs ., theJTrades' Unionists , must not expect that I , as Mayor , approve of your demands , or will suffer Mr , Perry to be coerced into compliance with them ; and you , Mr . Perry , may rest assured of receiving protection in your endeavours to resist these men by every legal means , and in fulfilment of these declarations I hereby judge and ordain that you , Edward Perry , shall submit to the conditions which they , the Trades' Unionists , alone seek to impose and you alone strive to resist—viz ., payment of tneir prices !" You are right , Mr . Perry , we have obtained all that we were contending lornot an interference

      , with your hired men , but a judgment whioh pronounces your vile contracts worthless , for the chief if not the only purpose for which they were formed , to serve you as the means of perpetuating your exactions from your workmen ' s wages . With the following very striking paragraph we shall clo * e our remarks upon this pamphlet , and we beg to recommend it to the serious consideration of our members and tha working olasses generally , as presenting the most powerful evi dence in favour of the National ABSooiation , from one who speaks from experience of its power and efficacy . In this instance we thank Mr . Perry for his candour and sincerity .

      " In bringing my remarks to a close , I would briefly anticipate some objeoliona which m » j possibly be raised to the course Jiiave taken . "Some readers of this letter may perhaps think that I have carried my labours further than the iinportance of the occasion demand , itmaybe 3 powiWy

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      be said , —Mr . Perry is alarming and troubling him " self unnecessarily : the nffiiir is only a strike after all , and there have been strikes before , and will be again ; -and this strike , is like all others , and must terminate similarly . ' To such readers I would respectfully submit that tho present tinmen ' s ' strike ' possesses features which . previous strikes have not worn , and which-give it an importance that cannot be overrated ; " iflaslmflch as it is not a' strike originating with the men themselves , but ' one instigated and supported by an organised association drawing its resources from all parts of the kirgdom , and avowing its ability and determination to achieve an easy triumph , in all its future and never ceasing efforts to array labour against capital , if success

      attend its endeavours in this instance . " " We thank thee , Jew ; wo have thee on the hip . " Change that word array for protect , and we accept this paragraph in its entirety . We have always said , that labour as well as capital has its duties as well as its rights . We never have , and never shall , seek to array labour against capital—our policy and our mission is to unite them . They are equally useful and necessary in the process of production ; but it is a violation of all justice and common sense , that capital should be " clothed in piirple and fine linen , and fare sumptuously every day , " white labour is required to rejoice with the crumbs which fall from these rich and proud men's table . Capital , as a distinct and separate institution in the social economy , is so

      only by accident . The monopoly of educational and political power has create ?! it and maintain it in its position . Nature never ordained a Pariah class . It has been evented by the artifice of governments , and can exist no longer than governments are a class monopoly . The working people are becoming awake to the knowledge of their position , the causes why it is so wretched a one , and the means , quietly and peacefully , though perhaps slowly , to extricate themselves from their bondage . Labour and capital should be united in the fullest senee of the term—as they invariably work together they should invariably live together . The labourer , as the creator , should also be the possessor of the capital he creates ; and he would have been so , but that he has been kept in profound ignorance of his natural rights by those who have monopolised the

      wells of learning . Again we' reiterate those well worn axioms , " Knowledge is Power—Union is Strength . '' Give to labour a national unsectarian education ; give to labour a national industrial organisation , and it shall be restored to perfect freedom , and that without injury or injustice any class or party ; and this labour must , and will , achieve , by its own efforts ; a mighty concentration of mind and means will substitute justice for oppression , knowledge for ignorance , competency for poverty , virtue and happiness for crime and misery . We rejpice to know that agencies are now _ at work which will pionper labour to this glorious future . The best intellect of England is now at work , quietly , it may be , but unremittingly , for labour ' s emancipation ; and we are proud to have the privilege of co-operating with our humble efforts in this holiest of crusades .

      Ah ! Mr . Perry , in your tinpot routine of life , with your small ambition and your large injustice , you cannot understand these things . You are profoundly ignorant of the hollo wnesa of your position —upon what a very slender foundation it is based . The Times , an authority whioh upon this Bubject you'll not dare to impugn , some months back asked a very important question : — "What could he done with £ 500 , 000 a year , it being the annual cost of out African Anti-Slave Trade fleet ? " Among a variety of useful and necessary things which this sum would accomplish were these , which we invite you to think upon . £ 600 , 000 per annum would send annually 50 , 000 of our surplus industrial population to the States of Canada . Or it would Home

      colonise 5 , 000 families on the waste lands of Great Britain—and thia annually . Think . of it , sir , for the working man is thinking of it . And what are the capabilities of labour to realise such an annual income ? One million of working men , subscribing three pence per week , just the price of one pint of bad Wolverhampton ale , would produce £ 12 , 500 per week , this , multiplied by fifty-two for the year , would give & 650 ; 000 . England has therefore no oause to fear the stupid bugbear—^ ' surplus labour " —whenever she chooses to awake from her apathy . But it 'may be said that one million is not to be readily obtained . That is true . Give us a tenth of the number , and Mr . -Perry will never offer a reduction of wages to his tinmen , if they are members of

      such a labour league . What ^ articular difficulty would there < be for the Tinmen of Wolverhampton , for instance , to become their " own masters . For such a-purpose , a half-crown a week'fa sum considerably lessthan you have been taking from them for years ) would be no immense sacrifice , and that small sum would give 300 men an annual income of £ 1 , 900 . With such an income we think they might soon rear an establishment what would throw yours into the shade . All this may sounditoyou , sir , and men like yeu , Utopian , but , sir , the day for the realisation of such plans approaches , as -surely as the Utopian conceptions of Watt , . Fulton , and Arkwright have been realised .

      The signs of'the times are sufficiently portentous to indicate the impossibility of things retaining for any long period their present anamolous position . The extremes of wealth and poverty cannot long co-exist , It -were a libel upon the good and justice of God to suppose it . The proletarians of the whole civilised globe have become aware of their position and its oauses , and are signing and planning for their deliverance . Let us . press on , then , with our endeavours , and there is none of us so humble but may be a useful and necessary soldier in this glorious campaignnot against capital , but against its injustice . Whliam Pebi , Secretary . 259 , Tottenbam-court-rond .

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      . . ^ THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY , AND ITS LATE ENGIKEMBH AND FIREMEN . A public meeting of the eriginomen and Firemen who left the employment of the Eastern Counties Railway , on a recent ocpasion , was held on Wednesday night , at the Geoi-ge Inn , Stratford , Mr . Jolly in the chair . ; , . . .. < . •* - * + t ,,- « The Chairman , in exp laining the objects of tms meeting , said they were there to expose the present conduct of the managers of the Eastern Counties Railway Company , whose Btaff of engineerB were , he contended , getting worse instead of better . The Chairman next proceeded to read a written statement , from which it appeared that several accidents and delays had taken place on the line within the last few days . As regarded the trains laden with fishwhich came m contact wito .

      , others containing meat , let them fancy what tha consequences might be had it been a passenger train The moat awful consequences must nave followed ; The accident to the trucks was also a most seriou § one , inasmuch as th » y were laden THtn , corn , which was scattered about in every direction , so that a great deal of property must have been destroyed . If any one present had any observations to make ho should ^ e great pleasure in hearitig him . It appeared to himself that the company 8 property was much injured under the present management , for in one instance , as they no doubt

      recollected , a sum of £ 700 was lost , together wita the cost of the corn which was injured , withm the last fortnight . He ( the Chairman ) had been in * formed that upwards of 100 men were engage * lately to repair damages , and boilev makers , and . fitters were , he believe ! , sent for , to all parts of the country to get employment . Where , then , was the 30 , 000 which was said would be paved under the new system ? He did not know where it would stop , for to keep the line going now the establish ' ment was obliged to be doubled , instead of effecting the . great saving which was promised to tee Bnareholders . " . . .

      The fatal number of accidents , many of theua o £ a serious nature , ( the whole of tbe details of which . were tt&i to the msoting , ) amounted to eighteen , and the damage done was estimated at a very heayy amount , and shown to be most ruinous to the interests of the shareholders , Mr . Bbown , as a friend to the working classes , considered the men who composed that meeting an ill-used body , and he believed the direotora of the Eastern Connties Railway -would regret what had been done . He himself knew a case , where

      soaie fr ' wnia of » is were coming up to spend Christmas with him , but they had informed him , that in consequence of what had happened , they would sooner crawl up to London on their hands and knees than travel by tha , t .. railway . The halfyearly meeting of the company was about being held , and he would suggest to his friends present that they should get up meetings in every town along the line , and have petitions presented to the shareholders against the sjstem of management which now prevailed .

      Mr . Jambs Monss observed , that with all the efforts made by the directors they could not keep the carriages or trucks together as Lad been done formerly . There ! w ' as a man now employed to report at the London station the hours at which the trains leff , and when they arrived , but as to their arrival , he believed it was an easy job , for in many instances they did not arrive at all . —( A laugh ) Mr . Scon observed , that before the difference occurred between them and the company , the management at Norwich only cost £ 3 a week , whereas at the present moment it was at least £ 600 a year . That showed how the affairs of tho company -were managed . After some statements as to the characters of individuals connected with the management of the company ,

      The Chaihman expressed his opinion that the difficulties of the company were only commencing during the winter months , when the weather would be unfavourable ; but he hoped that no accident > 7 ould happen to individuals , for it was a pity that the innocent should suffer for the negligence or misconduct of the guilty . Mr , SiiowNS recommended them , as Englishmen , not to be apathetic , but to speak out their minds as freemen , and lot the directors see what injuries they bad to complain of . Mr , Tatlbr condemned the management Of tie

      present superintendent in very strong language , and asked where was the mechanical skill shown on the line , or the good he effected for the company , since he obtained the control ? With respect to tho hope expressed , that they would go in under such management , all he had to say was , that though ha could not answer for all present , he could for himself ; and he was most determined never to join the Eastern Counties Railway , or , indeed any railway , in which the individual to whom he alluded would ho connected .

      Mr . Brownhiu , in allusion to the accident to the goods train at the Ely Junction , showed . how an experienced driver mi . ght have remedied the original accident of the breaking off of a portion of the train , and have prevented the destruction of seven or eight trucks and goods , to the value of £ 700 o * £ 800 . Mr . J . Reece stated that it was almost impossible to ascertain tho precise amount of damage done ; the men at Norwich admitted , that they dare not give any information upon the subject . It was quite evident that the Directors were aware of the extent to which feav had began to operate on the publio mind . Gooch was endeavouring to entrap the men , by sDecious promises , to return to the line ; but he

      believed tha , t they knew their own power ; and he would say for himself , and he believed he might say the same for all who were on strike , that they would never work under Mr . Goocb , either on the Eastern or any other line . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Mr . Mo « ks said , that Mr . Gooch had sent handbills round to all the Locomotive Superintendents , , desiring them not to give a job to any of the men on strike . He was glad to state that this act of meanness had not produced the desired effect . The Superintendents knew the value of good men , and would not be biassed by his representations . Mr . ' Cudworth , of the Dover line , was an exception to this rule , he had actually discharged two men for attending their meetings .

      Several other speakers addressed tne meeting aa a manner whioh showed'that their determination . was at leasfc equal to the obstinacy of the Directors , The Chairman , in concluding the business , stated , that however clever Mr . Gooch might be , he had , throughout the whole strike , displayed great want of generalship . The very first day of his management he commenced discharging men by wholesale , without even making the necessary inquiry as to whether or no he was impairing tlie efficiency of the line j men were fined for the most trivial causes ; fresh rules and regulations were introduced without giving the men the slightest notice ; and when

      dismissed they could obtain no reason for it . Was tnia fair treatment to men , who , during summer ' s heat and winter ' s cold , had been driving through the , atmosphere to promote the interest of the line J Was it not likoly that their feelings should he filasperated , and that they should resent imoboondnet as a proper return ftp yea" of faithful service ? For his own pah " ho would rftther beg his bread thaa longersubmlt to it , and be behovedI his teuton felt in a similar manner , and that they we «^ s detprminpd now as on the first day of the- strike . Tvote Jf thanks was then g iven to the Chairman , and to the strangers and friends present , and tne meeting dissolved .

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      "Ow e ef our ancient contributor b , " says the literary Gazette , " of whom we used to beg some attention to punctuation in his MSS ., UBed to retort , Po you take your servant for a dog ?—I am not ft painter ! " !;

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      " ™ mmt ^^^^^ M ^ w^—^— ¦ ¦ ii I- . - ' - ¦ . -. i POLICE ESPIONAGE . ; k Public meeting was held on Thursday evening , at the Fraternal Home , Turnmill-street , to denounce the late ictroduction of disguised policemen into Chartist public meetings . At eight o ' clock Mr . Wakley , M . P ., took the chair ,-and was received with loud applause . Mr . O'Connor , and IJrnest Jones were also greeted with considerable acclamation . Mr . Waklet stated that he had received information that a .. gross outrage had been committed upon the rights df the subject , but without receiving correct information upon the subject , he should not wish to ^ peak upon the question . He should , therefore , wish some person who had been present to give a-correct report of what occurred , ¦ wi thout colour orvarnish ; and if wrong had been

      done , they would endeavour to apply a remedy . Tne right of holding public meetings was of the greatest knporlance , and if they allowed the rights of a single individual to be intaded , they -were were compromising the rights of the whole people , and if they found this had been done they ought to raise their voices against it , and if they could net find •'« remedy in the Courts of Law , he , and his friend , P . O'Connor , -would endeavour to procure it elsewhere , though he could assure them that the last was--a forlorn hspe . Alfssb Fuzzkk then detailed the circumstances of his = arrest-and the accompanying events , stating that Mr . Combe averred that they intended to send police to-iill public meetings f tbat they even sent them to railway meetings , and that it was necessary fortheprotectioa-of the pockets of the public .

      Mr . T . Bhown , in an excellent speech , corroborated the- statements of Mr . Euzzen , and showed that : not only -were policemen introduced into their mee&ng , but that they sent those « ho bore tbe very worst-characters , and that they never came butihey ehdeavonred to create disturbances . Hot ? could they talk of Magna Charta and their liberty whi 3 st : they-could not holdasingle meeting without being intrudad upon by the police . Letters were read from Mr . ' ^ Williams , M . P ,, Lambeth ; from Messrs . Reynolds and Le Blond , apologising , for nou-attendsnee . Mr . JBE 2 ER moved the Isi resolution ;— " Tbst in the opinion of this meeting , the poMce authorities deserve the severest-censure of every rightminded man in the kingdom for theintroducrion of the discreditable practice of poliee ^ spionage in this country . ; and we hereby enter our-protest agaicst the abominable system . "

      Mr . O'Connor seconded the resolution . They must never expect proper -treatment irom the government until they became united among themselves . Mr . Brown had truly sai . d , that great men might hold meetings without 'fear of spies . They would recollect the Protection meeting , with the Duke of Richmond in the chair . Qs had brought that case before Sir George Groy , and clearly demosstratedthat there was one Jaw' for the poor a&d another for the rich . If they would but unite among themselves , they would have Lord John Russell offering them the Charter ,. and asking them What-else ' they needed . Mr . ' 0 ! Connor thenshowed the working of the spy system in relation to himself in 184 p , < and how Cuffay , and other good men , bad 6 JIen victims to the treachery cf-such men as

      Powell . He had no doubt - -that his friend Mr . Wakley would bring the case of 'Fazsen before Parliament ; but it was idle for them to -expect that four or five--members of parliament could work a reform in tha nation . They must-exert themselves to return * t least forty or fifty members . He trusted « oon to see their talented : young friend , Ernest Jones , in that house . They , must prepare for the coming straggle ; and he implored them to take no part sn this ' battle of the rival Churches . Men like Lord Ashley and the Earl of Carlisle might make flowery speeches on Papal aggression ; , but Jet them bear in mind , that the Church yearly squandered £ 10 , 000 , 000 of-their hard earnings , and that , under the Charter , : they would needfneitfcer State Church ,

      army , nor ooor rate . All olasses lived upon them ; and it was revolting to see that there was no law , no justice , nor food , for those wbG by their labour produced everything . In the next session of parliament they would see such a scene as'iiad never before been presented to them . They must bear in mind , that seven-ejgatbs of the population of Ireland were Catfcolic , and were so attached to their priests , that if theytold them the Duke of Wellington was coBJug oj-er with a million of soldiers , and that they ( tie Catholics ) were to b 3 tied back to back , and shat . ithey would obey their priests , and do so . . The whole of the Catholic members

      would oppose the government of Lord John on tbe ¦ Papal question , ana they would speedily haveCLord Stanley for Premier , : and Disraeli for leader in ; ihe Hause of Commone . If they expected to derive any benefit from that meeting , they would be deceived , unless they formed . ouch an union as would strike terror into the hearts of their opponents . He had had thirty years' experience in the " movement , and had spent his whole fortune in theit * cause . He had never swerved from the one great principle of f the Charter , and he again implored them not to be led away , or deviate from , that , one principle ; and , above all , to remember , that nothing could be done without union . Mr . O'Connor resumed hi 3 seat

      joudly applauded . Mr . Fcs ^ sll moved the second . resolution as follows : " That , in the opinion of this meeting , tho political spy and informer are the most noxious of eh&racters , and that no government having the confidence of the people woui-J resort to such an infamous course for gaining infayniation . " Mr , Ernest Joses seconded the . resolution , showing ihat the system of ceatralisriion was being daily , [ carried put by the government . The police were a parfc of that system , and they would never be able to alter it , until , they liad the " force" under the jay of the parish authorities , and elected by the people . They were told that ; thepolice were the guardians of the morals and pockQts of the community ; . he denied this ; he charged them with being tbe bepeoctors of crime . He £ ad for some time been collecting evidence in support of that fact , and he cpiild prove that they

      encouraged aclass . of men called nosera , who entrapped young thieves into their meshes , for th « express purpose of living upon the reward of their . betrayal , ft was their duty to meet centralisation by ^ centralisation . Let the City of London , which was the metropolis of arts and civilisation , be made also the metropolis of Democracy . Poverty was increasing . and would increase , discontent was its natural result ; it was these oauscs which produced revolutions ; they were not produced by secret organisations , but by misery and crime , He wiehed them to be prepared for tbe coming storm ; ho was not in favour of mixing other " isms" with Chartism ; but those men were benefactors who enlightened and instructed them upon these Social subjects . Mi * . Jones then earnestly entreated them to form themselves into one determined union , and sat down loudly cheered . :

      The resolution was carried unanimously . Mr . Fczzen in an excellent speech , moved the adoption of the 3 rd resolution as follows : — " That in the opinion of this meeting , taxation without representation is robbery , and we are determined to use every means in our power to emancipate oursehti from political bondage ; ' which was seconded by M . r « Broome , and was carried unani-Mr . Eliiott moved , and Mr . E . Jones seconded a vote of thanks to Mr . Wakley for his conduct in the chair , which w ag carried amidsfc Joud applause , and the meeting feparated .

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      WOLTEItHAMPTQN POLICE COURT . —Dec , 4 . tinmeh ' s wages . Magistrates present : —J . Leigh , J . Tarnatt , G . B . Thorneycroft , and 3 . Underbill , Esqrs . Mr . Edward Perry , proprietor of the Jeddo Tinplate and Japan Manufactory , appeared to answer to a summons charging him with refusing to pay a certain sum of money alleged to be due as wages to John Lawley , a tin-plate worker in his employ . Mr . Bartlett , who appeared for the complainant , said he thought it right , w > th the view of anticipating remarks which Mr . Underhill ( who appeared for the defence ) might make , and which had been made on a previous oooasion , to state at once that he had been instructed by Messrs . Winters and Green , who were delegates from the Trades' Union Society , and he thought the workmen had just as much right to resort to them , a 8 Mr . Perry had to employ Mr . Underhill himself , or Mr . George Wynn to write a pamphlet for him .

      Mr , Underhill said he objected to the course of observation Mr . Bartlett was pursuing . It had nothing to do with the case before them . Mr . Thorneyoroft said he had been compelled to make some remarks on a previous occasion . Ho did so with regret ; but he had to repeat that the Bejach had nothing to do with the Trades' Union . Mr . Bartlett proceeded , and said that in August , 1843 , John Lawiey entered into a contract to work for Mr . Perry , ns a tinman , according to certaiD prices specified in the agreement . Among the artiele 3 named were cuddies , and for eight-ounce caddies he was to receive Is . 6 d . per dozen ; for twelve-ounce 2 s . per dozen ; and for sixteen-ounce oaddies 2 s . Cd . There was also a specified price for

      writing candlesticks . Lawley , soon after his agreement , made some caddies , and received for them the prices stated , but when he took them in he told Mr , Perry the price was so low that he could make nothing at them . He had subsequently made more caddies and had received for making them , according to a verbal agreement , 2 s ., 2 s . 6 d ., and 3 s . per dozen respectively . In fact , after he made the first lot he made no more at the price , but received the higher price , and tho higher price had also been paid to two other men , one of whom was since dead , and the other out of the way ; at least he could not be found . Within the last week or two the complainant had made more caddies , and Mr . Perry , having taken offence at his conduct , had refused to pay more than the sum , mentioned in the

      written agreemont . The difference was 9 s ., and he ( Mr . Bartlett ) contended that Mr , Perry , having waived the written agreement by his subsequent agreement , coujd not now turn round upon Lawley and resort to it . Lawley when he took his work out was not informed that there would be any change in the price ; and when he took it in naturally expect ed that he would bo paid the same amount as before ; but he was answered "Oh no , there in the old agreement by which you agreed to make them at a less price . " Now he ( Mr . Bartlett ) could not put in the substituted agreement because it was verbal , but the variance from tho old agreement he should prove , aril to the amount of the difference in price he should confidently contend his client was entitled .

      Mr . Thohnetckoft said the case must depend upon the agreement ; but such an agreement did not bind either party down that there should not be an alteration in wages ; they might be higher or lower , depending upon supply and demand , without reference to prices so far back as 1843 . Mr . Babtiett then called Lawley , who said he waB in the employ of Mr . Edward Perry under a written contract . Mr . U » DERnin objected that as Mr . Bartlett and referred to the contract in his opening , and had examined the witness upon the point it ought to be produced . Mr . Babtlbtt : I cannot produce it ; you have it . Mr . Underbill : Then you ought to have given notice to produce . The case , I apprehend , is at an end .

      A conversation followed in tho course of which Mr . Leigh remarked that Mr . Underhill might ae-Cflpt notice , and proceed with the case . The Bench hardly liked to see sucti' a course taken as a matter

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      of defence , instead of proceeding on the merits . He nad "over seen a case so taken . Mr . Underbill said they were told they would DB lought according to the strict letter of the law , . and he acted . accordingly . They ought not to he damnified by the neglect of their opponents , At m » frmi , jmder such circumstances , a case would fall to the ground . - „ .-.. .... .. . Mr . Bartlett r emarked that these agreements were never made in duplicate . Mr . Perry , consequently , held it as a kind of trustee . As the objection ( manifestly against the wishes of the Bench ) wa 9 persisted in , it was arranged that the case should be adjourned ' , upon payment of 10 a . for complainant ' s witnesses , which Mr . Bartlett said , as the neglect was his , he should pay , from his own pocket . Another case was also adjourned upon the same . objection , and payment of 5 a , for & witness . —Tfofverhatnpton CJironicle .

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      Since the above case was hear . d , Lnwley , out of fear of the threats made to him by E . Perry , haa been induced to take the full amount claimed by him , without again bringing it before the magisrates . Mr . Perry knowing full well that the ease would be against him , and also that his bad practices , and fatae statements , would beexposed to the . world , threatened , cajoled , and intimidated Lawley , that unless he did certain things he '' would squeeie him more than ho had done . " Lawley , fully understanding the word " Bgueeze , " said he was determined to get out of the clutches of a tyrant , who had , up to that period , held him asi a slave , Mr , Bartlett , solicitor , who conducted the case , made an application to tbe Bench . this day , ( the 11 th , ) forthe costs , but as Lawley had been induced to receive the fuil amount , with 2 s . 6 d . for the loss of time , they onuld not legally interfere , beyond this , that Mr . Perry must pay Is . for the swearing of one witness . So altogether he desired to escape without a verdict being recorded against him ; he had the mortification to pay the Is ., whioh . was evidence of his guilt , and the justness of the case against him . T . Winters , ,

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 14, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1604/page/5/